The color saturated sun has set on Kodachrome. . . .

[Tony Case]

If film photography is a niche market, then Kodachrome is niche of a niche. The K-14 process is a real pain, requiring all kinds of special chemicals and only one lab on the planet handles it anymore. So it's not really surprising that Kodak finally retired the 800 pound gorilla of color film.

Paul Simon sung about it, national parks were named after it and some of the most famous photographers in the world shot with it - and as of noon today Parsons Kansas, the absolutely, positively must-be-there deadline for Dwayne's Photos has come and gone. It's official, momma has taken the Kodachrome away.

With the end of Kodachrome upon us, I thought I'd share a couple of links with you guys. A quick look at it's legacy, if you will. . .

An early government photo project of the Depression that looks like it was shot yesterday:
http://www.time.com/time/audioslide/0,32187,1920419,00.html

The story of that Afghan Girl with the Green Eyes:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/index-text

The final days at Dwayne's Photo:
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kcur/news.newsmain/article/0/1/1744141/KCUR.News/Final.Kodachrome.Images.Developed.in.Kansas

And lastly, a bedtime story for you all . . . .
* http://figitalrevolution.com/2010/12/30/goodnight-kodachrome-1935-2010-2/

[Stacy ♥ DOF]

So sad. Thank you for sharing these. wondering if anyone has come up with a good digital process to recreate the look?

[Jeremy Vohwinkle]

@sdpace If you use Lightroom, the world or Kodachrome can be yours. http://x-equals.com/blog/?p=7163

There are over 20 various presets in the pack. Of course there's no way to absolutely recreate the original, but these are some very nicely done presets that can give you that look.

[Tony Case]

Apparently Kodak's 2011 line of Easy Share cameras offers users the opportunity to photograph digitally with Kodachrome effects. The filters also claim to be able to produce the effects of Kodacolor, Ektachrome and Tri-X.
http://store.kodak.com/store/ekconsus/en_US/pd/TOUCH_Camera/productID.222432900

[Heidi Gurov]

We had a thread on this on December 30th, which was the last day... just saying, LOL. The sun set on Kodachrome several weeks ago!

[Chris]

Sayonarra. I use Velvia. Easier modern day E-6 processing, better colors, and still readily available. Kodak didn't keep up with the times. Their bad.

[Heidi Gurov]

@moncooga yeah, like I said in the other thread, Kodak dug Kodachrome's grave back in the late 80s/early 90s. First off, print film overtook the film market for casual/amateurs, and then Velvia came and blew Kodachrome out of the water for slides.

[Christopher Daniels]

thanks for sharing those ... def some interesting stuff